Section Quiz: CH 1, 2 and 3 Flashcards
Which of these is an example of a teratogen?
Parental Stress
_____ strengthens behavior, and _____ weakens behavior.
Reinforcement; punishment
Behaviorism focuses on what a person:
does
The systems of Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model include all of these EXCEPT:
metasystem
Which of these is NOT part of the “microsystem” in Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model?
Federal government
Community Cultural Wealth refers to:
The areas of strength and resilience identified by developmental scientists as helping marginalized people succeed in a discriminatory world.
When diseases are multifactorial, it means:
although inherited, it is influenced by several variables.
When a newborn’s cheek is touched, they automatically turn their head toward that direction and open their mouth. This is the _____ reflex.
rooting
According to the Community Cultural Wealth model, _____ refers to the sense of support and kinship that people receive from their community.
familial capital
Twelve-year-old Tonie lives with her mother, brother, and maternal grandmother. She attends Northwood Middle School, and her best friend’s name is Anna. According to Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model, the aspects of Tonie’s life listed here are parts of her:
microsystem
In developmental science, common research designs include all of these EXCEPT:
pie charts
Courage is finally in the _____ stage of prenatal growth, where he looks like a baby and has the major organs and brain structure to survive on his own.
fetal
Dr. Mendoza wants to demonstrate a cause-and-effect relationship between anxiety and memory in college seniors. Which research design should he use?
Experimental
Sociocultural theorists see _____ as an intricate part of how one grows and how differences could be _____.
culture; strengths
Which of these BEST represents the range of developmental periods studied in lifespan development?
Conception to death
_____ is the systematic study of how humans grow and the underlying processes that create change and stability over time.
Developmental Science
A _____ study collects data on the same people over a long period of time.
longitudinal
_____ refers to the fact that all people have multiple, intersecting identities relating to variables such as age, gender, ability, ethnicity, nationality, and romantic preferences.
intersectionality
Some traits and conditions, like sickle-cell disease, have a recessive inheritance pattern. This type of genetic condition is a result of an individual
inheriting two recessive disease-carrying alleles.
Erik Erikson’s _____ theory focuses on early childhood experiences and eight psychological crises connected to maturation and society’s expectations
psychosocial
_____ theory examines the development of thinking by focusing on how a person pays attention and remembers. It describes thinking and learning using the metaphor of a computer.
Information-processing
_____ theory states that children’s bonds to their caregivers are essential for their development.
Attachment
When considering the “nature versus nurture” question, _____ refers to the influence of genetics on development, and _____ refers to the influence of experience on development.
nature; nurture
Piaget developed a specialized vocabulary to describe mental activities. The word _____ refers to each bit of knowledge a person develops.
schema
